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Hello dear readers and welcome to Shoot the Rookie, where today I’m sharing a very special guest post with you! A few weeks ago I launched The Great JRPG Showdown, and today my partner Seb has written a post telling us about his top 5 JRPGs. Huge thanks to Seb for writing such a wonderful post for my blog, I hope you’ll all enjoy it! Take it away, Seb…
Continue reading “Seb’s Top 5 JRPGs – A Guest Post”
Hello dear readers and welcome to a new Top 5 post here on Shoot the Rookie. Although I used to do lots of Top 5’s I haven’t done one recently so thought it would be a cool thing to resurrect. Today’s theme, which was inspired by a comment on my previous post, is my Top 5 games that came out in the last 5 years, so why not join me to see what makes the cut!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to this week’s decidedly chilly Seriously Geeky Sundays post! We are once again embarking on our tour of the World and this week we arrive at Earth’s chilliest places. So why not come join me to learn all about the snowy and icy locations I love in fiction with a hint of Christmas added for good measure!
Continue reading “Seriously Geeky Sundays: Around the World in 8 Sundays – Winter Wonderland!”
Hello dear readers and welcome to another Seriously Geeky Sundays post here on Shoot the Rookie! I’ve missed the last couple of these but had to make a return for this one as today’s questions relate to fictional schools – one of my favourite locations for games and anime to take place. So why not join me to find out more about some of these wonderful educational establishments!
Continue reading “Seriously Geeky Sundays: Back to School!”
Hello dear readers and welcome to a historic day for Shoot the Rookie! What makes today so special is that for the first time we are welcoming a guest writer into the fray! I am extremely excited and happy to welcome @sebg2258 to Shoot the Rookie and I hope you all will give him a warm welcome!
Continue reading “The Great JRPG Character Face-off: Guest Post!”
Hello dear readers and a very Happy Valentine’s Day! I know some of you hate Valentine’s Day, or at least try and willfully ignore it, but please don’t let that put you off! It is clear that Valentine’s is in many ways just a big corporate mess, but for me, having a day designed to celebrate love can hardly be the worst thing that could happen, particularly in these dark days. Therefore, I thought I’d get into the spirit of things and have a bit of fun celebrating love and romance in video games…
Hello readers and welcome once again to Shoot the Rookie. This is my first proper post of the year and this one has been inspired by a post-christmas lurgy which kept me off work for a few days last week. Cheery huh? It’s ok because I’m all better now, but I thought it would be fun to write up my gaming exploits from my time off. Continue reading “Sick Day Gaming”
Hello good readers and welcome to your early Christmas present! That’s right, this is December’s Top 5 and here we are going to be looking at which items from video games would make the most useless and rubbish Christmas presents. Sound random? Well…ok it is but who cares, it’s CHRISTMAS! Continue reading “Top 5 Useless Presents from Video Games!”
Got your headphones ready? If not then stop right now and go and get them, because this is a musical Top 5! Continue reading “Top 5 Songs That Remind Me Of Games”
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